San Francisco Mayor Bans Bottled Water

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Is city water better than bottled water? San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom thinks so.
Newsom has issued an executive order banning city departments from buying bottled water, even for water coolers. The ban goes into effect July 1, and will extend to water coolers by December 1.
The move was billed as a way to help stem global warming and save taxpayer money.

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rbell, since you've raised the question more than once (and since I squelched your self-esteem), I googled "San Francisco bans bottled water" I looked at USA Today, CNN, and AP (oh and TreeHugger). There are tons more.

The results I got were all short.
All said that it was a cost saving measure.
Some mentioned global warming. (a non-issue IMHO)
Some mentioned landfills. (This one is an issue)

I think the cost saving alone is enough of a reason. I don't know why they had to throw in the other stuff except it is PC. Since it showed up more than once, we can be fairly sure a spokesperson for SF actually said it.

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Please see my first post. San Francisco does not get its water from a source like the Mississippi, Missouri, Lake Michigan, et al.
It would take an act of terrorism to contaminate the water supply.
However, the mayor's point is on a day to day basis there's no reason for The City to buy bottled water for its offices.
As for global warming, SF does use a shotgun when announcing stuff.

faithgirl46 said:

What is this mayor going to do if the water supply in SF becomes contaminated and the water has to be boiled before it is drinkable? how terrible will the bottled water be then?
Faithgirl

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